Hey all!

-Checking in! After having been om MFP and having success when focused, I totally fell off the wagon when my personal life fell apart. I'm back now and SUPER EXCITED!

I'm 5'4" and in the mid one-eighties. I welcome ANY additional support and LOVE open food diaries for those who have been successful!

Good luck to ALL!


-Jill

I'm Dede. I'm 27 and weight 196 pounds. I have not been heavy all my life, but the last 6-7 years have seen my weight balloon a bit. I was diagnosed with HBP last year and have been working off and on since then to shed the weight. I've finally gotten serious about it. I've lost 8 pounds thus far, and I'm not slowing down now. I have a goal of being in a bikini by June 2012.

Hi I'm Amy my age is 43 my current weight is 198 I am 5'1" I have lost 14 pounds so far with 68 pounds to go!!! I have been on MFP for 43 days I love this site!! I have such amazing friends!! The are super supportive, I have been over weight, for a long time, gaining about 4 pounds over the last 22 years, it crept up slowly and I am just sick of it!! A few months ago, I had an appointment with my doctor and she was about to put me on meds for high cholesterol but I really didn't want to be on meds, so I said I could do it my self and I am doing it!!! I exercise everyday with my rest day on Sunday...my daily goal is 1250 calories a day, sometimes I eat my exercise calories and sometimes I don't. I am on a meal supplement shakes for breakfast and lunch. they are great and it is really working for me!

I have been married for 22 years and we have an 11 year old daughter who I homeschool. we live in Northern Indiana, its really cold outside and I miss being able to walk outside, but the treadmill is becoming my best friend, today for the first time I was able to 20 min on the elliptical machine!!! It was huge for me!!

I look forward to being in a hot bathing suit next summer!!! so BRING IT ON!!!!!

My name is Krista i'm 25 years old and a mom of 4 kids. now that i'm done having babies after having my last baby August 31, my goal is to get back to around 135 or so no real goal weight more of a goal to loose a little and flatten all the baby fat on my belly I've had since I was 16 and to gain some muscles since i'm really weak. And even more than getting me healthy I want to get healthy and lose my belly fat to show my husband that eating better and a little exercise can make a world of a difference because he is 29 with a 2 year old and a 3 month old baby and has had at least 4 small heart attacks over the last 7 years. He is 240 pounds and is a fast food manager so would always eat at least one double meat double cheese burger with extra mayo on both sides of the bun every day. Just guessing I would say he would take in 4000 calories a day with all the candy, ice cream, chips, brownies and double plates of food he would eat. After seeing me loose 10 pounds just from cutting out the soda and sweets cold turkey he did the same and lost 10 pounds in a week but is now hovering at the same weight from not exercising and starting to eat bigger portions again even though he has stopped the mayo, soda and most of the junk. I want to show him we can get healthy for the 4 kids and be here to be a good example for them. And his life will end up just like his mom if he doesn't change. He has gained 25 pounds since we got together in 2005. His mom passed away when he was 18 from being severely over weight and stuck to a bed in a living room and couldn't move. I want my husband around many years for our kids.

Being a stay at home mom and taking care of my grandpa with cancer takes up most of my times so i find it very hard to fit in the time to work out. By the time i finally get kids in bed its past my bedtime for me to even just get 4 hours of sleep. I really want to work on getting all the stress from life in order so i can get healthy.

I am having surgery on my wrist next week so for a month i will be limited to what exercises i can do but i am going to stay very focused on eating right while i cant do as much exercise.

Hi Team!

My name is Carren, I'm 35 years old and currently weigh 230lbs. I had joined MFP earlier this year, lost a bit and then lost motivation. I realized in November that I had hit my highest weight to date of 238lbs and finally decided enough is enough. I have been overweight since I was about 19, and have been on every diet you can think of. I am an emotional eater, so I would lose weight and then something stressful would happen and I would eat my way through the issues. No more! I want to feel comfortable in my body and I want to finally feel comfortable to go out and enjoy my life! I am a vegetarian, yes a fat one, lol...just about every junk food out there is considered vegetarian! But now I'm really trying to go vegan...trying to cut out the junk food and cheese, my two major downfalls.

I'm so excited to take up this challenge with all of you and I know Team Teal is going to kick booty!!

Oh and I forgot to say that I think I sent friend invites to all of you, but if I missed anyone, please feel free to send me one! I hope we can all keep each other on track to all being big losers! wOOt :happy:

This may be a dumb question, but what do we do next??? lol

This may be a dumb question, but what do we do next??? lol

Its not a dumb question. I've been thinking the same thing!!!!

Hey Everyone!

My name is Roslynn, I am 31yrs old and mother to a wonderful 10yr old son Earlier this year I weighed 320lbs. I started my weightloss journey in March with Jenny Craig, Currently I am 214lbs! My goal is to hit 158lbs before I move out to California to be with my boyfriend of 4+yrs. He is attending law school. So I want a beach body by the time I get out there. Not so much that but I have been heavy all my life. My whole family has been obese for as long as I can remember. So I put my foot down and took control of my own LIFE! Ive always worried about others and not myself. SO THIS IS GO TIME! lol

Its been nice being on this journey, and enjoying it and sharing it with others along the way!

I noticed in the other colors it says that our team captain will be giving us weekly challenges and weight checks I believe....

So does anyone have a suggestion for a team name?

or Teriffic Teals or Tough Teals

So does anyone have a suggestion for a team name?

I say Teal Terminators

I also like Teal Terminators. Sounds intimidating! LOL Or like Calorie Killers lol Grrrr!!!

I love the Teal Terminators!!!

Do we all want to pitch in with our weekly goals? I'm in a current challenge and we have 3 goals each week - one exercise related (# calories burned, or # of miles walked/biked/jogged/ellipticaled (not a word, I know), # of reps for upper/lower/abs), one food related goal (ounces of water a day, # veggies/fruits a day, low sodium food substitution, etc), and a personal growth goal (what are your eating triggers - and how do you plan to overcome them kinda thing).

We could all pitch in so our team captain doesn't have to do it all every week!!

So does anyone have a suggestion for a team name?

I say Teal Terminators

I LOVE IT!

Hello gorgeous ladies!!! My name is Cyone and I'll be team captain for this challenge, I thought this had posted but my internet has been acting funky so here goes again. I'm 26 years old and actually need to update my starting weight to 258. I've been on MFP since October 2010, lost about 45 lbs and then life happened and I regained and ended up at a whopping 375 lbs as of this past July. But thanks to commitment and my wonderful MFP fam I have lost 120 or so lbs since July. I'm fully on my way to goal and hope to follow all of you on your journeys. So a few things getting ready for our challenge.
As you know we have all submitted our beginning weights but they will probably change by January 1st, so I will need everyones up to date weight by the end of New Years Eve, December 31st. I will be making a spreadsheet in google docs that we all will have access too or you can send it to me directly.

Weekly Challenges

WC's will be posted on the blog as well as a seperate thread to keep track of it easier, you're all welcome to send me suggestions of what you would like to see as a challenge,and I'll try to work it in.

CoCaptain

I need someone to volunteer to cocaptain our team so just in case I can't do something we have a backup, if interested inbox me.

Team Name:

Teal Terminators sounds great if everyone agrees to it.

Support:

Be sure you've friended me and everyone on the team if you haven't already, we're all in this together and the more support the merrier.


That's all for now if you have any questions or concerns feel free to inbox me, let's get it!!!

Sounds fantastic!!! I can't wait to get started! I am starting college next month, which is why I'm not going to volunteer for the co-captain position. Just wanted to acknowledge that request but I know one of the awesome ladies on our team will do a wonderful job in the position! Our team is so going to kick butt and take names! YAY Teal Terminators!!!! *shakes pom poms*